Archive for 2010

2010 Narwhal End of the Year Meet – Dec 11/12 -POSSIBILITY if interest

Now a POSSIBILITY (if there is any interest from our swimmers) ~ 2010 Narwhal End of The Year Meet, December 11 + 12/10, Thunder Bay. The Northwest Narwhal Swim Club will be hosting this swim meet at the C.J. Sanders Fieldhouse Pool, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay. Entry Forms will be available by weeks end, and [...]

“Swim for a Cure” Christmas Invitational – Dec 18 & 19

Originally on our KSS Swim Meet Schedule, St. James Seals sponsored “Swim For A Cure” Christmas Invitational, December 18 + 19/10, in the training tank, Pan Am Pool, Winnipeg. Entry Forms will be available by weeks end, and will be due back by Wednesday November 24/10.

The Soggy Log – Nov 15-20, 2010

KSS Fall Invitational Swim Meet, Nov 13 + 14/10: A very good swim meet for the KSS, with 36 KSS swimmers competing during the weekend. Full results are posted on the Swim Canada swim meet site (access from the KSS website). I was very pleased with our swimmers results; many Personal Best Times (PB’s), and [...]

The Soggy Log – Nov 8 – 14, 2010

KSS Fall Invitational Swim Meet ~ November 13 + 14, 2010: This coming weekend will see a whole lot of action in the Kenora Aquatic Centre pool. Approximately 220 swimmers from teams from our NWO Region plus from Manitoba will make this one of the largest swim meets the KSS has ever hosted. The following [...]

News for SWIM PARENTS ~ Playing Favourites

Forwarded by Bruce Fisher, Head Coach. Published by The American Swimming Coaches Association By John Leonard One day a few years ago, a club board member accused me of “having favorites” on our club team. Several other parent board members nodded their heads in agreement The implication was that this was a terrible sin. When [...]

Kenora Swimming Sharks Meet Schedule 2010-2011 Season

At the link below you will find the 1st draft of the meet schedule for this season. Please be aware meets may be added or deleted as the season progresses. KSS and NWO Region 2010 Meet Schedule Prairie Winter International Qualifying Times East / West / Senior & Age Group Time Standards 2010-2011

NEWS for SWIM Parents ~ Where should fast Age Group swimmers train?

Forwarded from Bruce Fisher, Head Coach ~ Good Information for SWIM PARENTS! Published by The American Swimming Coaches Association: Where Should Fast Age Group Swimmers Train? ”My ten years old son is the fastest swimmer in his group and he can also beat several of the senior swimmers… shouldn’t he be training in the senior [...]

NEWS for SWIM Parents ~ Because they must fail

Forwarded from Bruce Fisher, Head Coach ~ Good Information for SWIM PARENTS! Published by The American Swimming Coaches Association Because They MUST Fail Rick Boucher, Head Age Group Coach, STAR Swimming (UB Amherst Site), Amherst, NY With fifteen years of coaching in this sport of swimming, I have come to notice a few things that [...]

The Soggy Log ~ October 4, 2010

Please be aware this is the last Soggy Log that will be handed out on deck. Too many are not making it home with swimmers so to save time and paper, we will be distributing the Soggy Log via email from Tamara Murphy membersharks@gmail.com and posting it on our website. REGISTRATION: If you have not [...]

NWO Region/Swim ON Swim Weekend in Dryden

POST EVENT COACH’S NOTES: Wow! What a great Day!!!! 60 plus NWO Regional Swimmers participated in the swimmer education activities on “swimmer nutrition” and “swimmer stretching” and then competed in the 400 Meter Challenge Swim Meet in the afternoon, while 40 plus parents (20 plus from the KSS) participated in various Officiating Courses. The swimming [...]